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Allergy Alerts

Sometimes foods have to be withdrawn or recalled if there is a risk to consumers because the allergy labelling is missing or incorrect or if there is any other food allergy risk.

In such situations the Agency will issue an Allergy Alert. These can be viewed below. It is also possible to subscribe to an email alert system to receive automatic messages whenever such Allergy Alerts are issued.

Subscribing is a two-stage process. You will need to go to the subscription page and use the following procedure. Click 'Subscribe' and insert your email address before submitting your request. Then we'll send you an email asking you to confirm by clicking on a link. This is to protect you against getting unwanted emails.

If you no longer wish to subscribe to email alerts, simply repeat the process but click on 'Unsubscribe' instead. Again, we'll send you an email asking you to confirm the request. This is to prevent you being unsubscribed by someone else.

Text alerts

You can also get details of all the latest allergy alerts as soon as they're issued by getting the details sent as a SMS text message direct to your mobile phone.

To sign up to this free service, simply send the text message 'START ALLERGY' to the number 62372. To unsubscribe, just text 'STOP ALLERGY' to the same number.

Most recent allergy alerts

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc withdraws own-brand Bettabuy Beans and Sausages 425g due to unlabelled gluten-containing cereal ingredients (wheat) Wednesday 16 July 2008 Allergen: Gluten/wheat Marks & Spencer withdraws its Reduced Fat Olive Spread due to incorrect allergen information Wednesday 16 July 2008 Allergen: Milk Sainsbury's withdraws two of its Freefrom products due to the presence of undeclared gluten Friday 11 July 2008 Allergens: Gluten Tesco withdraws all date codes of Tesco Finest Triple Layer Chocolate Indulgence Cake due to a labelling error Wednesday 9 July 2008 Allergen: Nuts (Hazelnuts) Marks & Spencer withdraws its Cook! Haddock & Hake Fish Cakes due to incorrect allergen information Tuesday 24 June 2008 Allergen: Soya Peacock Bakeries withdraws its Chewy Fudge Brownie Slice due to incorrect allergen labelling information Wednesday 18 June 2008 Allergen: milk, nuts and sulphites BP Retail UK withdraws one date code of Wild Bean Café Ham, Cheese & Pickle Sandwiches due to the presence of undeclared egg Tuesday 3 June 2008 Allergen: Egg Waitrose Ltd recalls a single batch of Waitrose Richly Fruited Loaf due to undeclared walnuts Friday 30 May 2008 Allergen: Nuts (walnuts) Lime Tree Pantry Limited withdraws its own brand Lamb in Mint Gravy Pie due to a labelling error resulting in incorrect allergen information Friday 16 May 2008 Allergen: Soya Marks & Spencer plc withdraws its Wholegrain mustard and Dijon mustard due to incorrect allergen labelling information Wednesday 14 May 2008 Allergen: Sulphites

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